A Mother’s Grief, A Nation’s Silence

I stared at the image of a widow holding her only son’s body. It was more than heartbreaking. It left me disoriented and confused. How do you comfort someone facing such pain? As a parent, I could not even imagine it. Words like “sorry for your loss” feel almost insulting. The real tragedy is that this did not just happen by chance. Lives are lost, promises are made, and then silence follows until the next headline. That pattern points to systemic failure. If a government cannot keep its citizens safe, it fails its basic duty. It should never be normal to hold a child’s body or to walk past violence. Yet we do, and that acceptance is the most dangerous part of all.

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